Roman Burruchaga22-year-old Argentine tennis player, number 145 in the world ranking and with a surname of feats, managed to overcome the qualy of Roland Garros to finally set foot in the first round of the Grand Slam for the first time in his life. He closed his time in qualifying by beating the Slovakian Jozef Kovalik in a two and a half hour battle 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4.
Son of the iconic soccer player, Jorge Burruchagaworld champion with the national team in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, Román raised a match point against in the second set to turn the match around and end up taking the victory. In a talk with ESPN, Burru He said that he is “very happy to have passed the qualifying” and that it was “a very tough game that I was able to finish moving forward“.
The one trained by Leonardo Mayer He began his path in the Roland Garros qualy with a victory against the Chinese Juncheng Shang (89th) 6-4, 7-6 (5), followed by the victory against the Japanese Yasutaka Uchiyama (214th) 6-2, 6-4. After three impressive matches, Burru joins the ten Argentines (seven men and three women) who will play in the main draw of the French Open.
Is about Francisco Cerúndolothe one with the best ranking with the position of favorite number 23, Tomas Etcheverry (26), Federico Coria, Mariano Navone (31), Thiago Agustín Tirante, Sebastian Baez and Pedro Cachínin addition to Julia Riera, Nadia Podoroska and Maria Lourdes Carlé in the feminine.
The Argentine has been having a rising season. “It has been a very good year, many games won at a consistent and regular level, which is what we have been improving,” he explained to SportsCenter. “I feel more mature on the court, enduring matches against very even players. You have to keep training and improving, things come. “There are always aspects to improve,” he said.
When asked about his father’s presence, Román responded: “My father didn’t come and I don’t think he will, we haven’t talked yet. We left the possibility but I still don’t know. I didn’t pay much attention to my possible rivals, the truth is that I was focused on today’s game,” he commented, and also added that he hopes to have a meeting with Carlos Alcaraz, who had to leave the Masters 1000 in Rome to recover from an injury to his right forearm, but who today is in good condition to participate in his compatriot’s last Roland Garros Rafael Nadal.
While waiting for the draw to define where those classified by qualy will go, Román could meet Carlitos in the first round of Roland Garros, an instance in which he could also see himself with Seba Báez, Frances Tiafoe, Hubert Hurkacz and Kei Nishikori, among others.
